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The Art of Tribal Music
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Twelve-year old youth producer Vanessa Sanchez explores Mexico's relatively new artform of "Tribal" music, which merges cumbia with traditional Lat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
The Blessing of Coffee
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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How an Exaggerated Immune Response Gave Me Heaven

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:40
Roots: Anyon
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
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Anyon believes in things and that has always worked out (the easter bunny, santa claus, etc) but a trip to St. Patrick's Cathedral throws the catho...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 12:35
  • Purchases: 1
Road Trips: Emily
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Emily plans an elaborate road trip to entice the man of her dreams into falling in love with her.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Compliments Gone Wild
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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How Not to Use Praise

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:31
The Penis Graffiti of San Marin
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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On Apparitions and Male Members in Suburbia

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
Tales from the South 36: Spring Season Finale
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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The 2011 Spring Finale is all about interesting animal encounters, some dangerous, some surprising, and all just a little bit strange. Velda Brothe...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 32: Greatest Generation II
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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The second show featuring stories from the Greatest Generation. Alma Hahn prays for deliverance from a snake-handling church service, a man speaks ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 014
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Encounter strange characters with Ann Bittick, Mary Beck, and Sheila Keever. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Tales from the South 005
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Lee Cowan goes for a walk in the woods with her furry children, Jillian Burgess returns to her small, childhood school with her own young boys, and...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Mini-Meta-Mouse-umentary
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2007 Third Coast ShortDocs: Dollar Storeys
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Mousetraps and other intersections between human beings and mice.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
On Walden
From: Katie Hargrave
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When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
Encounts Wild Sounds
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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Why do we love wild sounds? and what makes them worth saving?

Bought by KMXT and KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hair Rollers, Religion And Growing Up
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Sly Crooner Episode #1 Haunted Hotel
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
The precocious ghosts of the Hotel Alto Nido play a trick on the hotel doctor.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Sly Crooner Episode #11 Jinksy The Grumpy Ghost
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
Jinksy's having a bad death.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Sly Crooner Episode #2 The Cats Come To Town
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
Billie Holiday, Warren Zevon, Igor Stravinsky and others make an astonishing visit to the Royal Palm Court Lounge.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with M.F.K. Fisher"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child, Credit: Christopher Hirscheimer
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. We hear Julia introducing her late friend, M.F.K. Fisher, who takes us out for a staggeringly gluttonous me...

Bought by KSJD, KSFR, KZYX, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 4
Community Caring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43
V Day
From: Angela Regas
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"This afternoon, I have the most popular vagina in the state of Iowa. There are never fewer than two, and sometimes as many as six people gathered...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:37
Proud to be a Nerd
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
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There's a tipping point in every nerd's life - the moment they accept it's cool to be, well ... uncool.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Why 'The Devil Came Down To Georgia' Is a Stupid Song
From: William Hrdina
Series: Simple Journeys to Odd Destinations
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In which the author contemplates the many things about the classic Charlie Daniel's song that make no sense whatsoever.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
Not Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The tale of a Dunkin Donuts, an armed robbery, and a high school girl I wanted to throw sugar packets at. The author almost loses his jelly.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KUT, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
My Side of the Story: The YMCA
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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I am offended by the foul odor which emanates from this stinking sweat-factory!

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2